Some facts about the 2008 Missouri Tigers:
SCHOOL COLORS: Black and old gold
FOUNDED: 1839
ENROLLMENT: 28,000
LOCATED: Columbia, Missouri
COACH: Gary Pinkel, 49-36 in eighth season at Missouri and 122-73-3 overall
2007 RECORD: 12-2 (7-1, 1st Big 12 North)
LAST BOWL: 2008 Cotton Bowl, beat Arkansas 38-7
STADIUM: Faurot Field (68,349)
RETURNING STARTERS: 16 (10 defense, 6 offense)
KEY PLAYERS: QB Chase Daniel, WR-RB Jeremy Maclin, SS William Moore, DL Stryker Sulak and Izzy Hood, PK Jeff Wolfert, TE Chase Coffman.
KEY RECRUITS: QB Blaine Gabbert, OT Dan Hoch, RB Drew Temple.
KEY DEPARTURES: NT Lorenzo Williams, TE Martin Rucker, RB Tony Temple.
COACHSPEAK: “Let’s focus on Illinois and getting better every day, that’s pretty much all we talk about.”—Pinkel.
2008 SCHEDULE:
Aug. 30—vs. Illinois in St. Louis
Sept. 6—Southeast Missouri State
Sept. 13—Nevada
Sept. 20—Buffalo
Oct. 4—at Nebraska
Oct. 11—Oklahoma State
Oct. 18—at Texas
Oct. 25—Colorado
Nov. 1—at Baylor
Nov. 8—Kansas State
Nov. 15—at Iowa State
Nov. 29—vs. Kansas in Kansas City
